I don't see it happening. They are all supposedly "injured". Bertuzzi, maybe. Cleary, doubtful. Samuelsson, absolutely not.

As far as Sproul and Oulette go, these aren't over ripe 24 year olds. They are 20 and 21 years old. Its one thing to bring up Jurco or Sheahan during the regular season due a pure need for warm bodies at forward and bringing up two young defensemen to play in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the best team in the NHL and one of the most physical. It could give them valuable experience or it could shatter their confidence and put them back in their development.

Smith was 24 last year, with college hockey and minor league experience. He had some minor flashes of good play in between many cringe worthy moments. Lets look back and see how many fans wanted him on the fast track out of town during the Chicago series. Luckily, he's been mature enough to handle it and is steadily improving, but there's still plenty of mistakes. But that's with an entire season in the NHL. Most defenseman have to go through some growing pains. DeKeyser is the exception, not the rule.

I don't see either of them being the difference between advancing in the playoffs or not. Too much risk, not enough reward potential.

I'm really hoping that one of these guys impresses enough to make the playoff roster, although if it hasn't happened by now, it won't happen this year.

From what I've read they aren't quite nhl ready yet, but I doubt they could be worse then our current favorites, kindl and lashoff. Smith has been awesome lately, Quincey has been OK kronwall and donkey Kong have been great

They can be a lot worse.

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From what I've read they aren't quite nhl ready yet, but I doubt they could be worse then our current favorites, kindl and lashoff. Smith has been awesome lately, Quincey has been OK kronwall and donkey Kong have been great

I don't want this to become another Kindl/Lashoff bash fest, but I just can't watch them on the same pairing. The whole not NHL ready thing is also really misleading though, who thought guys like Sheahan/Jurco were ready? Unless these guys get a chance it's tough to definitively say that they are not ready. It's disappointing that they weren't given a chance earlier, but now that the playoffs are here; I'd say its too late to make a change. You dance with the one that brung ya even though our date is not the best looking.

Sheahan plays a much more mature game than a typical rookie. Jurco has shown flashes but 15 points in 35 games isn't all that spectacular.

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All through out sports there have been tons of players that were though to be unready, yet once brought up they contributed. They may very we'll not be quite ready, but Holland had a perfect chance to bring these guys up; because sometimes players surprise you.

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Ouellet was mostly invisible (in a good way), Sproul was very visible (in a mostly good way). Exactly what you'd expect from these two. They'll get at least another season on the farm, but will probably see quality minutes with the big club next season, given our annual injury woes. Throw in Marchenko and maybe Almqvist (though I think he gets traded), and the future of our blue line looks very bright.

I'd still like us to bring in a quality vet or two, though. Warming up to LeftWinger's pick - Derek Morris.

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I thought Sproul played the better game, but Ouellet was very solid, aside from one miscue when he decided to step up at centre that led to a 2 on 1 for the Blues. Besides that, he was pretty invisible like Dabura said.

I was really really impressed with Sproul I have to say. Threw his body around - absolutely nailed Derek Roy into the boards at one point, no fear in jumping up into the rush, willing to unleash the slapper from the point and skates well. Got me rather excited.